'An old couple, their grandson, their land, their nature, their world and some birds. Nothing is told in this story, directly. A lot you receive and understand simply in looking at the beauty of the images and the exalted love with which they were conceived. You are into subtle things? OK, 'When the sun makes the bird fall' will get to you. A different approach, the shell of our nut, so to speak. What’s in the shell? What the director has chosen to say or not to say is the challenge. Polished and refined, yet a political statement, burns out between each and every frame. In the end, a true work of, and tribute to, love. Sounds corny? Have a look and we’ll talk about it after….
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